Three years after it began, the presidentially declared COVID-19 national emergency is officially over. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed H. J. Res. 7, officially ending the COVID-19 national emergency a month earlier...more
On Thursday, September 22, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new request for information (RFI) regarding mortgage servicing, potentially opening the door for much-needed regulatory reforms. The...more
On March 13, 2020, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Shortly thereafter, to assist consumers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. The polling covers hot topics, including forbearances, deferrals, HUD loss mitigation...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. The polling covers hot topics, including forbearances, deferrals, HUD loss mitigation...more
5/6/2021
/ Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Deferral Standard ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
HUD ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Notarization ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government
On April 1, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau emphasized that the mortgage servicing industry must prepare now for an inevitable increase later this year in loss mitigation requests from borrowers whose COVID-19...more
4/2/2021
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
ECOA ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Regulation X
On January 28, 2021, Acting Director David Uejio of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) confirmed the CFPB’s new, aggressive approach to enforcement of COVID-19-related matters. Uejio’s statement, posted as a...more
On January 21, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the 23rd issue of its Supervisory Highlights report, a special edition focusing entirely on the COVID-19 Prioritized Assessments that have been...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily...more
12/23/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Notarization ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Deferral
Oh what a year it has been in the mortgage servicing world! In 2020, our COVID-19 Compliance Roundtable met weekly to discuss emerging compliance issues under the CARES Act, federal agency guidance, state laws and orders, and...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables...
The polling results included in this report are the anonymous responses of...more
12/2/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debtors ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Loans ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
Mortgages ,
Polling ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Deferral
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily...more
9/9/2020
/ Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Deferral Standard ,
Escrow Agreements ,
Financial Distress ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
GSE ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Mortgages ,
Third Party Purchaser (TPP)
On March 31, 2020, the CFPB posted a “Guide to coronavirus mortgage relief options,” which provides instruction to mortgage loan borrowers who may be impacted by COVID-19 on when and how to go about obtaining assistance....more
4/2/2020
/ CARES Act ,
CFPB Bulletins ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Loan Servicing ,
Moratorium ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Proposed Rules ,
Relief Measures ,
Tenants